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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, ALFRED WALKER, of New Haven, in the co'nnty of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in SpringBeds3 and I do hereby declare the following, when takenin connection with the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear,

and ,exact description otthe same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specication, and represent, in-

Figure 1, a side view,

Figure 2 an under side view ofthe slut, and in Figure 3 a longitudinal section.

This inventionrelates to an improvement in that class of spring-beds which employ a spiral spring at or near each end of the slat, and consists in the formation of a socket in or attachment of a socket to the slat, the

said sockets opening in opposite directions, and constructed so as to each receive the uppercnd of a'spring,

and hold the spring in position, the object being to prevent the disadjustmcnt of the slat upon the springs, and yet so that the slat may be easily removed if desired. v

To enable others to construct my improvementVI williproceed to describe the same, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

A B are the bars, upon which conical or other spiral springs, C D, are securely fixed, and E the slat, formed from wood. The two bars A B, I arrange so as togset the springs Aat their 'proper relativepositions under the slat E; and upon the slat, and in the position corresponding to the spring, I x a metallic socket, F, the said socket being'in section as denoted in iig. 3, and so as to receive within it thev upper end of the spring, the spring entering the open end and sliding freely into the socket, the natural elasticity of thewire being sniicient to retain it in its position it is -forced back hard into the socket against the shoulder at the closed end; and upon the slat at the other end, and corresponding to the other spring, I fix another socket, opening in theopposite direction, and insert the spring at that end in like manner as the irst. Therefore, whatever tends to force the slat toward either end will be resisted by the` spring at the cnd toward which thc Slat is moved, and bearing against the shoulder at that end, will return the slat to its proper position, and thus positively prevent the accidental removal ofthe slat from its proper position. i A

This accidental displacenzient'ot` thc Slat to such un extent that the end of the slat will strike the bedstead,

is a great diiculty experienced in the usc of this class oi' spring-beds-ditiiculties which, by the arrangement of the socket as described, are freely and entirely overcome. If preferred, `the socket may be formedin the slat itself, as seen at H, figs. 2 and 3. First cut a. recess into thc slat large and deep enough to receive thc upper coil ofthe spring, then over one end of the recess {ix a plate, a, then insert the spring into the recess7 forcing the upper coil over the plate into the recess, and upon the other end oi`thc slat reverse'the position of the plate a to the other end of the socket, so that the two springs will -be inserted from opposite directions, and the same result isv attained as by the first-described construction. I, however, prefer the first-described construction.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and.l desireto secure by Letters Patent, is` v v Providing-the slat E with a socket corresponding to each spring, whether the socket be attached to or formed `in thesaid slat, the two sockets opening in opposite directions, and so as to receive and hold the two springs in the manner and for the purposeas herein set forth.

ALFRED WALKER.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. SHUMWAY, A. J. TIBBIT's. 

